Monday, December 01, 2025

The Silence of the Canaries

We hear a lot about the canaries in the coal mine these days. But we were reminded last week that dead canaries are littered all around us. We never imagined that death could undo so many. 1

Posted by A_Friend at 04:57 PM | 5 COMMENTS | permalink

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1 Yes, I'm thinking about Dante's Inferno.

And I, who looked again, beheld a banner,

Which, whirling round, ran on so rapidly,

That of all pause it seemed to me indignant;

And after it there came so long a train

Of people, that I ne'er would have believed

That ever Death so many had undone.

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Last week, Donald Trump observed Thanksgiving with a nakedly racist rant that was unhinged even by Trumpian standards (more about that below). Reacting to the shooting of two National Guardsmen in Washington DC, Trump announced a "permanent pause" in immigration from poorer countries. Trump's animus quickly became policy. The administration paused all visas for Afghans, and then closed the door on all asylum decisions, "until we can ensure that every alien is vetted and screened to the maximum degree possible."

But that hardly captures the virulent malice of his Thanksgiving diatribe.

#1 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-01 04:58 PM

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Just days after he called for the death penalty for prominent Democrats, Trump called the governor of Minnesota "severely retarded" and railed against immigrants from Third World countries.

He threatened to "denaturalize" migrants who had become citizens and endorsed the far-right policy of "remigration"" as he lashed out at Afghans and (for some unfathomable reason) Somalis.

But Trump's ban has been met by virtual crickets from the GOP; and his tirade has all but vanished from the news cycle.

#2 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-01 04:58 PM

One by one the canaries were being asphyxiated.

#3 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-01 05:00 PM

Immigrants punch above their weight in the US economy

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#4 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-01 05:15 PM

Immigrants punch above their weight in the US economy
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#4 | Posted by A_Friend at 2025-12-01 05:15 PM | Reply | Flag: "The Numbers Don't Lie"

And this is despite Melanoma Trumpf dragging the foreign-born numbers down with her clap-trap businesses and good-for-no-one book: m.media-amazon.com

#5 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-12-01 05:53 PM

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